Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History
Benson Lossing, Ed.

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Jameson, John Franklin 1859-

Educator; born in Boston, Sept. 19, 1859; graduated at Amherst in 1879. In 1895, when the American Historical review was founded, he became its managing editor. In the same year, when the Historical Manuscript Commission was instituted, he was made its chairman, and served as such till 1899. He was Professor of History at Brown University in 1888-1900. In the latter year he accepted a call to the chair of History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of William Usselinx, founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India companies; History of Historical writing in America; Dictionary of United States history, etc. He is also the editor of Essays on constitutional history of the United States; and The correspondence of John C. Calhoun.